Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/moťь
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This Proto-Slavic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence. |
Proto-Slavic edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Balto-Slavic *magtis, from Proto-Indo-European *mogʰtis (from *megʰ-), whence also Proto-Germanic *mahtiz (Gothic 𐌼𐌰𐌷𐍄𐍃 (mahts, “power, might”), Old English miht). Equivalent to *moťi + *-tь.
Noun edit
Declension edit
Declension of *mȍťь (i-stem, accent paradigm c)
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *mȍťь | *mȍťi | *mȍťi |
| genitive | *moťí | *moťьjù, *moťu* | *moťь̀jь |
| dative | *mȍťi | *moťьmà | *mȍťьmъ |
| accusative | *mȍťь | *mȍťi | *mȍťi |
| instrumental | *moťьjǫ́ | *moťьmà | *moťьmì |
| locative | *moťí | *moťьjù, *moťu* | *mȍťьxъ |
| vocative | *moťi | *mȍťi | *mȍťi |
* The second form occurs in languages that contract early across /j/ (e.g. Czech), while the first form occurs in languages that do not (e.g. Russian).
Derived terms edit
Related terms edit
Descendants edit
- East Slavic:
- South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic:
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Slovene: mọ̑č (tonal orthography)
- West Slavic:
References edit
- ^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*mȏgtь”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 321: “f. i (c) ‘power’”
- ^ Olander, Thomas (2001) “moktь, G.pl. moktьjь”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List[1], Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “c (NA 117, SA 71; PR 138)”